Blue Certification Training Camps at Bluenotes GLOBAL 2021 VX

Learning Path	Training	Digital Badge
Foundational Level	Foundational-Level Blue Evaluations Certification Training Available via Explorance Academy Subscription	Upon successful completion of the training, the participant will receive the Blue Admin for Evaluations certificate as a Certified Blue Administrator for Evaluations.
Master Level	The Blue Report Master Certification (BRMC) Training is designed elevate your knowledge and skillset on Blue’s report building blocks and functionalities, to better analyze collected data and visualize	Upon successful completion of the training, the participant will receive the Blue Report Master Certificate.
Expert Level	The Blue Expert Certification (BEC) Training is designed to further develop your expertise and skills in using advanced Blue features so that you can implement any feedback process at varying degrees of complexity	Upon successful completion of the training, the participant will receive the BTA training completion digital badge.

The Blue Report Master Certification (BRMC) Training Camp is a 3-day instructor-led training workshop, intended to elevate your knowledge and skillset on Blue’s report building blocks and functionalities. With enhanced understanding of the Blue reporting functions, you will be able to better analyze the data collected while understanding and visualizing what the data is revealing, in such a way that allows for improved data-driven, well-informed decision making for continuous improvement at your institution. Upon successful completion of the BRMC Training Camp, you will be awarded the Blue Report Master Certificate and therefore be certified a Blue Report Master.

 

For more information about the BRMC training structure and agenda, please refer to the BRMC Training Camp Agenda @ Bluenotes GLOBAL 2021.

Who Should Attend?

This certification training is intended mainly for:

• Data analysts or research analysts who are responsible for analyzing data collected through Blue to provide reports with the findings and insights, or
• Blue administrators who are responsible for designing and delivering reports to their institutions.

Participants must have a basic knowledge of Blue and have been involved in a Blue project for a minimum of one term. Completion of the Blue Administrator Certification (BAC) training is required, prior to attending the BRMC training camp.

Learning Objectives and Key Benefits

By attending the Blue Report Master Certification Training Program, you will be able to:

• Deepen your knowledge and understanding of Blue’s report building blocks and functionalities at a mastery level, enabling better analysis and interpretation of the data collected
• Apply your enhanced Blue reporting skills to various institutional situations, developing more reports with actionable insights for data-driven informed decision making

The ability to apply the skills that a BRMC participant acquires during the certification camp to any situation is particularly important, as institutions “discover” their reporting needs over time for actionable insights.

The key benefits of attending the Blue Report Master Certification training include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acquire the mastery in using advanced Blue report building blocks and functionalities through hands-on experience with building reports for various Higher Education use-cases (reports for instructors, reports for departments, reports for administrators, etc.)
• Have exposure to various reporting needs to deliver actionable insights and learn how to best address the needs with other BRMC training participants through creative, critical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Learn about the Blue features and functionalities on report administration, such as report access management and report delivery management through various channels such as LMS and email
• In addition to becoming a master in Blue reporting, you will also meet other Blue Report Masters, expanding your network of like-minded cohorts for continual learning and sharing of best practices

Topics Covered

• Blue report blocks and functionalities available to build reports: from basic to advanced
• How to build and customize reports that deliver stories with actionable insights at various levels: instructor-level, departmental-level, program-level, etc.
• Report administration such as on-going report access management and report delivery management via various channels, to effectively work with Blue Administrators and Blue Experts
• Best practice tips for testing and troubleshooting

Fees and Terms

Registration Fees:

The BRMC registration fees are as follows:

• Early Bird Price (ending April 30, 2021): $3,450 USD
• Regular Registration Price: $4,950 USD

This fee includes:

• 3-day instructor-led, virtual training with the Blue reports hackathon
• Blue Report Master Certificate upon successful completion of the BRMC camp
• 1-hour online post-certification follow-up session with the trainer
• Breakfast, lunch and refreshments throughout the training
• Networking dinner

Registration Terms:

• There are only 12 places available for each virtual instructor-led training camp
• Places are allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis

 

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The Blue Expert Certification (BEC) training camp at Bluenotes GLOBAL 2021 is designed to further develop your expertise and skills in using advanced Blue features so that you can implement any feedback process at varying degrees of complexity. Becoming a certified Blue Expert requires approximately 40 hours of your time. This Blue Expert Certification training is to be delivered in a virtual instructor-led format where hands-on training at the certification camp is combined with pre-camp self-directed learning activities. At the end of this hands-on BEC training camp, the camp participant will be at the certified Blue Expert level, thus given the Blue Expert Certification.

• Self-directed learning module before the camp: this self-directed online review activity consists of approximately 15 hours of materials that a BEC camp participant is expected to review and complete before the camp. You can complete this self-directed module at your own pace. This self-directed module is designed to allow you to review/refresh key Blue concepts that certified Blue Administrators are expected to be familiar with such as Question Personalization, Subject Management, and relational demographics, along with practice exercises to apply these concepts in creating a Blue project. This self-direct module must be completed prior to the BEC training camp, to ensure that you will be ready to fully participate in for an expert-level learning and complete the training camp with Blue Expert Certification. The instructor will work with you to plan and finish the self-directed module before the BEC training camp.
• Virtual intructor-led camp: this virtual camp consists of approximately 24 hours of learning activities, including a certification activity. It offers hands-on learning participation and training required to be certified as a Blue Expert. Upon finishing the certification activity at the end of the camp, you will receive your Blue Expert Certification.

For more information about the BEC training structure and agenda, please refer to the BEC Training Camp Agenda @ Bluenotes GLOBAL 2021.

Who Should Attend?

This certification training program is intended for:

• Certified Blue Administrators with experience in implementing a Blue project autonomously at least in one evaluation or survey cycle, or
• Those with an equivalent level of Blue knowledge and experience

Becoming Certified

The Blue Expert Certification (BEC) training camp is designed to further develop your Blue expertise and skills, by teaching you how to:

• Implement an advanced level of end-to-end automation of your feedback processes
• Merge cross-listed courses to enable unified report building
• Implement dynamic report distribution to support your decision makers, as personnel changes
• Gain greater autonomy in the use of Blue and its companion modules and products to administer any feedback process
• Optimize your Blue implementation to best address your own institution’s needs
• Experience how your expert knowledge and skills in using advanced Blue features and functionalities can help your institution and be a sought-after Blue Expert in your institution and by your colleagues!

Upon finishing the certification camp, a Blue Expert Certificate is issued to you!

Key Benefits and Learning Outcomes

With the completion of the Blue Expert Certification training camp, a training participant will be able to:

• Acquire expert knowledge and skills in using advanced Blue concepts and functionalities to further automate feedback processes (course evaluations, institutional surveys, and 360 evaluations), end to end, in order to provide a greater level of autonomy to end users and distribute reports with actionable insights to decision-makers
• Learn how DST (Data Sync Tool), DIG (Data Integrity Gateway), BPI (Blue Portal Integrator), Blue Connector, and Blue Feedback Dashboard can be used with Blue to further realize its value in your environments
• Find solutions to current challenges and opportunities that you are facing in your institutions, by discussing them with the instructor and other experienced Blue users in your BEC training cohort
• Be part of the Blue Expert community, and have access to Blue BETA functionality in a shared sandbox environment
• Have the access to the training sandbox use for one year post the BEC training camp, which gives you access to the latest Blue releases and all modules regardless of your product licenses, as well as the ability to upload your own data for testing prior to implementing these releases in your own institution

Fees and Terms

BEC Training Camp Registration Fee:

• Early Bird Price (ending April 30, 2021): $3,450 USD
• Regular Registration Price: $4,950 USD

This fee includes:

• 15 hours of self-directed learning module and 24 hours of virtual instructor-led training camp
• Access to the learning sandbox to review and practice at your own pace (pre-camp and post-camp)
• 1-hour post certification session with the instructor
• Blue Expert Certificate upon successful completion of the certification training camp

Training Registration Terms:

• There are only 12 places available
• Places are allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis

 

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